Many Alaskans have to travel a long way for certain healthcare treatments. But a bill in the state House aims to close that distance by expanding the list of providers Alaskans can see without having to leave home. KFSK’s Shelby Herbert reports. The post April 10, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Two consultants visited Haines schools last week to update the district’s Strategic Plan. The visiting team conducted interviews and held community meetings.  As KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, the district hopes to have a new plan ready for action by the time doors open for school next year. The post April 09, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Skagway’s last assembly meeting addressed senior activity funding and liquor license confusion. Assembly members held not one, but two executive sessions. KHNS reporter Melinda Munson attended the meeting. The post April 08, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Haines has a shy new band made up of brave old-timers.  Rusty Fingers is their name.  The group is geared toward people who at some point put down an instrument, but want to pick it back up again.  As KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, the secular string group meets on Tuesday nights for jam sessions at […] The post April 03, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Chilkat Valley Preschool is teaming up with Haines Dental to teach the kids about oral hygiene.  The school is participating in an early education pilot program with the local SEARHC clinic. And, on Friday two dental professionals–and a dragon–visited the school to sing songs, talk teeth and offer Flouride treatments to participating students. The post April 02, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Traitor Joe’s, a Texas-based grocery chain known for discount prices on eclectic cowboy foods, is opening today in Haines.  In a news release on Friday, the company announced the surprise grand opening of its first Alaska store. It’s a business endeavor it managed to keep largely below the radar due to the Haines Borough’s strict […] The post April 01, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to charge a new $9 head tax for cruise ship passengers. The resolution, which still has to be voted into law and would not go into effect until 2025, would go towards port development and other services tied to the industry. And, one dollar from each tariff […] The post March 27, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

A team of eight Haines women, seven of them mothers of little ones, earned their way to the championship game last week in Juneau’s Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. The team came from behind, bruised but unbeaten, to compete in a David vs. Goliath championship. As KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, the Haines women ended […] The post March 26, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The latest Skagway assembly meeting included appeals not to move a building, to spend more money on Ore Dock and to save cottonwood trees.   The post March 25, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Haines Friends of Recycling is about two months away from purchasing a piece of property near downtown, where it plans to relocate.  The non-profit hopes to build a covered collection area, which will accept almost all plastics.  And, plans for the new location include a modernized indoor facility with bear-safe storage, plumbing and a plastic […] The post March 21, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.